* TWIBB — January 1, 2010

January 1, 2010

This week’s best-selling baseball books, according to Amazon.com on Friday, January 1. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Title Rank
General
The Yankee Years, by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci 1
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis 2
The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series: The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds, by Joe Posnanski 3
Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk about How the Game is Played, by Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson, and Lonnie Wheeler 4
Baseball Americana: Treasures from the Library of Congress 5
Essays and Writing
Moneyball
 1
Sixty Feet, Six Inches 2
As They See ‘Em: A Fan’s Travels in the Land of Umpires, by Bill Weber 3
Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back, by Josh Hamilton 4
Now I Can Die in Peace: How The Sports Guy Found Salvation Thanks to the World Champion (Twice!) Red Sox, by Bill Simmons 5
History
The Machine
 1
Sixty Feet, Six Inches 2
Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend, by Larry Tye 3
Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America’s Pastime, by Mark Frost
4
Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend, by Mike Vacarro 5
Statistics
The Bill James Handbook 2010 1
Baseball Prospectus 2010 2
The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, by Tango et al 3
Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan’s Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks, by Zack Hample 4
2010 Baseball Forecaster (Ron Shandler’s Baseball Forecaster) 5
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